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Little Rock, Ar, Us

Hoboken, New Jersey

Edit technical magazine content as a freelancer for the Society for Information Display.

London, United Kingdom

Using market research, I ghostwrite blogs to make technology feel more appealing and approachable.

Orange County, California Area

Shores Editorial Services (www.shoresedit.com) offers an array of services at every level of the editorial process—from technical writing to advertising copy, and from copy editing to Web portals and project management. In addition to making general business decisions, my role involves identifying business prospects, creating marketing collateral, responding to inquiries, matching editors/writers/designers with clients, negotiating price points, drafting business contracts, outlining online collaborative workflows, monitoring projects’ progress/quality control, and maintaining a positive relationship with clients.

Edit, rewrite, and polish policy notes, technical reports, and grant fund requests. The overall goal is to improve documents that analyze and fund efforts in developing nations'​ intricate education systems and programs, presenting technical details in an easy-to-understand, concise format. This work details econometric findings and policy recommendations about where countries should implement future resources, and in what capacity. Most of the work is related to MENA (the Middle East and North Africa) or Bangladesh.Write executive summaries for multiple policy notes, based on information derived from presentations, meetings, policy notes, and other materials.Also oversee the production and development of brochures from start to finish, for distribution throughout countries and various international education-related stakeholders. The brochures explain highly technical economic and pedagogical findings and goals to a diverse audience. The scope of the work includes outlining the material's focus, writing the content, collecting images, creating the template design, typesetting, collaborating with the World Bank Education Sector team, proofing the material, and setting press specifications.

China

Smooth and edit technical research for non-native English speakers from the Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Network and Information Security.

Provide developmental editing, formatting, and proofing of highly technical articles on a variety of topics, from Smart Cities to cyber-physical computing.

Edit and reshape highly technical papers, research grants, research proposals, and correspondence for cutting-edge molecular chemistry and physics researchers.

Provided cohesive feedback on developmental drafts of materials.Greatly restructure, trim, and edit public policy-related documents that dissect successful strategies (including communication, planning, and feedback loops) for gaining consensus and implementing drought management/climate change procedures, navigating the various actors and their concerns across local, state, and national levels.

Edited extensive materials that focused on expanding mobile financial services (MFS) networks in Bangladesh. From financial reports and analysis to recruitment and training manuals, the materials focused on the benefits and cultural considerations for adding women as MFS providers and entrepreneurs.

Collaborate with the IEEE Cybersecurity portals manager and technical experts on the editing and production of documents related to various aspects of cybersecurity, such as cyber-physical systems, wearable devices, and smart buildings. This position also involves overseeing staff and coordinating resources/budgets for website updates, interviews with technical experts, and graphic design work for interactive PDFs and print layouts.

Began as the Managing Editor for CiSE and IEEE Intelligent Systems magazines, and then transitioned in 2015 to IEEE Internet Computing (a higher-profile magazine).Manage and track budgets.Oversee editors and ensure quality control for the magazine, reshaping content for accuracy, readability, and cohesion.Use SEO strategies to optimize our digital presence.Establish and maintain deadlines.Collaborate with staff and editorial board to garner content; publish editorial calendars and calls for papers; and keep the peer-review process moving smoothly.Brainstorm cover ideas and send feedback to the cover designer as the creative process progresses.Work with graphic designers to perfect the images and layouts.Create the magazine page imposition.Gather and compile distribution information.Quality control post-production procedures.

Edited magazine content on a freelance basis for 12 technical magazines.

Began as an Assistant Editor. Promoted to Staff Editor, Staff Lead Editor, and Associate Editor over a seven-year period. Acted as Lead and Associate Editor for IT Professional and IEEE MultiMedia magazines.Redesigned IT Professional magazine and collaborated with the graphic designers.Created and updated content for our online presence, and worked with volunteers to create avideo blog.Helped strategize the magazine division’s reorganization, taking part in decisions on choosingsoftware, reallocating staff, streamlining work processes, increasing our online presence,improving marketing initiatives, and cutting costs while increasing revenue.Attended conferences and acquired content for three magazines. Also worked with potentialauthors on developing the content to fit within our editorial scope and guidelines.Researched, interviewed, and wrote in-depth news stories.Edited and reshaped content for accuracy, readability, and cohesion.Tracked and highlighted upcoming events.Compiled editorial calendar, established deadlines, and collaborated with an internationaleditorial board to identify hot topics, new departments, and opportunities for technicalsponsorship.Assigned articles to staff, occasionally recruiting and training new freelancers.Managed budgets.Created the magazine page impositions.Coordinated quality control with the printing house.

Acted as a Lead Editor for an academic journal.Formatted, coded, and published materials online and in print.Prepared covers, assembled layout, approved bluelines, and archived issues.

Managed and coordinated quality control for two major projects. Phase 1 involved setting up and managing a team of editors to compare print versus digital materials and identify discrepancies. Phase 2 involved updating XML and MathML code so that the digital product matched the printed content.

Proofread and edited materials for academic psychology textbooks.

Overhauled and restructured scientific researchers’ content for various European research grants and proposals.

Interviewed staff, faculty, students, and alumni for the school's catalog.Composed upbeat, easy-to-understand content for the college's catalogs that helped establish and embody their unique brand and style.Edited stationery, brochures, website (www.lcad.edu), and additional catalog materials that discussed the financial aid process, admissions process, housing process, course requirements, press releases, and upcoming events.Collaborated with the Art Director, graphic designers, and key members of the staff and faculty to achieve a lively, yet collegiate, tone for the multiple voices represented.

Microsoft Research Asia

Edited researchers' papers for conferences and Microsoft's Think Week (Bill Gates then reviewed the papers during Think Week, to determine the researchers' viability for future funds).

Edited books for Andrew Glassner, who is a best-selling author in the computer graphics industry.

Created and distributed newsletters, radio spots, newspaper ads, press releases, and otherpromotional items.Maintained an extensive membership database.

Ghost wrote and edited the memoirs of Helen Lowrance, the principal of the first women’sschool in Memphis.Conducted extensive interviews, acquired appropriate images, and researched 80 years ofhistory surrounding the Hutchison School and the city of Memphis.

Corporate Headquarters

Conducted interviews, wrote personal interest stories, public relations-related stories, technicalnews articles, business articles, and obituaries, and then created layouts.Helped internationally distribute two monthly newsletters.Edited technical manuals, pamphlets, brochures, and the staff directory.

Memphis, Tn

Recruited staff, reviewed submissions (written and visual), and selected a publishing house.Managed budget.Trained self and staff on Pagemaker.Edited final product and aided in presswork.Distributed 2,000 copies each semester.